Ukraine's military said on August 3 that it had sunk a submarine in Russian-controlled Sevastopol, attacked a southern Russian airfield, and targeted oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in a number of regions.
"A Russian submarine went to the bottom of the Black Sea," the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on X, naming the vessel as the B-237 Rostov-on-Don attack submarine.
The military's General Staff said the attack on the Crimean port also significantly damaged four launchers of the S-400 anti-aircraft Triumf defense system.
There was no immediate comment from Russia on the attack.
Earlier, on the night of August 2, dozens of drones were launched against targets in at least three Russian regions, setting two oil storage facilities ablaze, Russian authorities reported.
Rostov regional Governor Vasily Golubev reported that 55 “Ukrainian drones” had attacked his region overnight, damaging “storage facilities in the Kamensky and Morozovsky districts.” He said no casualties had been reported.
A military airfield in the region’s Morozovsky district has been the target of drone strikes in the past. Video posted by the Astra Telegram channel purported to show fires at the airfield and at an oil-storage facility in the Kamensky district.
Ukraine’s military said on August 3 that it destroyed antiaircraft weaponry and “enemy aviation equipment” at the Morozovsky airfield and had carried out the strikes against the oil facilities.
Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region, reported that an oil reservoir there had been destroyed by a drone strike, but no casualties were reported. He said the fire had been extinguished.
In the Oryol region, Governor Andrei Klychkov wrote on Telegram that three drones had been destroyed while “two drones fell on a residential building.” He said no casualties were reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that 36 drones had been intercepted overnight, 17 in the Oryol region, nine in the Belgorod region, and eight in the Kursk region. Small numbers of drones were reportedly intercepted over the Ryazan region, Krasnodar Krai, the Voronezh region, and the Sea of Azov.
RFE/RL is not able to independently verify combat reports inside Russia.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military reported that 29 Russian drones were launched against the country overnight and 24 were shot down.
Ukrainian authorities also reported that five civilians were killed and 22 injured in Russian shelling in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions.
Despite strong evidence to the contrary, Russia maintains it does not target civilians in its war against Ukraine. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission has reported that at least 11,284 Ukrainian civilians have been killed by hostile actions since Russia invaded in February 2022, emphasizing that the real figure is likely to be much higher.
